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The following changes have been introduced in the world of football on Monday. The date is taken from the Canadian Press
National Football League: NFL-Suspended
NEW YORK GIANTS-Placed TE Jeremy Shockey on injured reserve and signed TE Jerome Collins from the practice squad.
Canadian Football League:
Rosenfels made three amazing touchdowns in the fight against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, which ended up with the Texans’ victory 28-14 even despite Rosenfels’s loss in two fumbles. In fact, Rosenfels has won both games he’s started in place of the injured Matt Schaub. Rosenfels had two touchdown passes of 4 yards and one for 8, and Andre Davis added a score on a 97-yard kickoff return. The quarterback finished 27-of-36 for 209 yards.
Welcome news came this Monday for retired football players. No more struggles with medical and financial setbacks. NFL and its players’ union promised financial and medical assistance for those in need of expensive joint-replacement surgery or post-operative rehabilitation. The project will be open to athletes who play long enough to qualify for retirement and disability benefits
A day after returning from a knee injury, Peterson ducked into the Vikings’ training room Monday. It was a brief visit. The 49ers’ were lucky. The team faces the rookie dynamo on Sunday at Monster Park that is still looking for a fraction of the offensive excitement Adrian Peterson has delivered for the Minnesota Vikings. The Number 7 pick in the draft leads the National Football League with 1,197 rushing yards, even though he missed 2 matches because of his injured knee
On Sunday, the Cleveland Browns played against the New York Jets. The Browns have been placed as a 3.5 point favorite against the New York Jets. This is for the first time in a few weeks that the Browns will not be allowed to play with the highest over/under in the NFL as football experts have made the total point score 47.5.
Peyton Manning threw 4 touchdown passes to lead the Colts over the Jaguars 28-25 for the 2nd time this season. Peyton Manning made 20 of 29 passes for 288 yards and had 4 touchdowns in a match for the 1st time this year. Manning connected twice with Clark and once with both
Romo threw for 309 yards and 4 touchdowns as the Cowboys defeated the Packers 37-27 yesterday night to become the 2nd team to clinch an NFL playoff berth. Crayton caught 2 scoring passes and Folk kicked 3 field goals in Irving, as Dallas won the 2nd meeting between the National Football League teams with 10-1 records in thirty-seven years. Cowboys’ 6th straight win lifted the team ahead of Green Bay atop the NFC with 4 regular- season games left. Dallas can still clinch the NFC East Division title if the NY Giants (7-4) lose at Chicago (5-6) on December 2.
Former NHL commissioner Tagliabue, who oversaw the National Football League’s global growth and rise from twenty-eight to thirty-two teams, is among twenty-six semi-finalists for the United States Football Hall of Fame. The new Hall of Famer will be selected next February on the eve of Super Bowl 42 in Phoenix, AZ. The list cut from 124 nominees, will be trimmed to only fifteen finalists by a mail ballot. Tagliabue, the National Football League boss from 1989 through 2006, produced record TV profits and new stadium construction.
The world of the National Football League has reacted with grief and shock at the news that Redskins player Sean Taylor died yesterday after he was shot during an apparent burglary at his home in Miami. Daniel Snyder, the Washington Redskins owner, said that was the worst imaginable tragedy. The Washington Redskins fans staged a candlelight vigil in front of the team’s training complex on Monday evening. A bullet was fired into the player’s groin, severing the femoral artery. Taylor died of apparent blood loss.
Bills linebacker takeo Spikes was scheduled to start agains the Browns last night, his first game since inguring his right Achilles’ tendon about a year ago.
